Portal 2 Sells 3 Million Copies

by Mike Bendel on June 22, 2011 @ 12:47 pm


As if anyone expected otherwise, Portal 2 has become quite the hit for Valve. The company revealed during a Games For Change talk in New York City that the puzzle centric title has sold 3 million copies to date. While we would’ve liked to see a breakdown of digital versus retail sales, unfortunately Gabe Newell didn’t get that specific.

Regardless, the 3 million tally is an impressive feat. For comparison’s sake, the original outing has sold 4 million copies to date. With plenty of DLC on the way, plus Valve’s efforts towards promoting community maps and inevitable Steam discounts, it’s a safe bet that the sequel will eventually top that.

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Comments
Robby says:

I think it sold because the first one was awesome. Portal 2 seemed too easy and since I already played it before, it lost that "wow this is new" phase.

June 22, 2011, 8:22 pm
Abe Froeman says:

I agree to a certain extent, but I thought the sequel added enough new puzzle elements to remain very fresh.

June 22, 2011, 8:50 pm
Dan says:

Yeah same, I thought throughout it that Valve focused more on the story than they did on the gameplay.

June 22, 2011, 9:33 pm
slicer4ever says:

i'd have to agree in that the second one felt easier than the first, but then again, portal really only has 2 or 3 playthoughs before you've memorized every chamber unfortunately. still, i enjoyed every single minute, so this game defiantly deserves the 3 million copy's it's sold. can't wait for the dlc=-)

June 22, 2011, 9:48 pm
Robby says:

I did enjoy the game however, just thought that it wasn't up there with the first one.

June 22, 2011, 9:48 pm
hush404 says:

Good for them, the game is Ace.

June 22, 2011, 9:56 pm
ShadowmanX5 says:

I think they are two really different games :\ Portal was, at heart, a Puzzle game. Where as Portal 2 was more an adventure game, with a puzzle game within that. The fact that most of the puzzles were surrounded by Portal-repel-ant wall made all the chambers easy to figure out rather than the pissing about portal wherever you want from the first game :P. I couldn't stand the scenes of "Search the incredibly detailed environment for the one portal spot" -_- that got on my nerves. But tho co-op and hopefully DLC user generated maps will keep the game very fresh :)

June 23, 2011, 10:10 am
Joey says:

Game is piss easy, but so was the first one. I come to Portal for comedy... And GODDAMN IT does it deliver. Stephen Merchant is great.

June 23, 2011, 10:29 am
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